Happy one-year-anniversary to my Messy Mix project! And since I started it in late 2022 with a big dance party (https://soundcloud.com/messymix/big-2022-end-of-the-year-mix) I thought it might be natural to also end this first round of mixtapes with another one. Because honestly: What else is there left to do in these troubled times then to dance the pain away, right?

Like with last year’s End-of-the-year-set I still find it challenging to gather overall hits for this one because they simply don’t exist anymore in our fragmented media landscape. But these are MY personal favourite go-to-tunes of 2023 - from the life-embracing pop of Romy and Caroline Polachek to the disco vibes of Jessie Ware. From the comebacks of old heroes like Everything But The Girl and Bloc Party to banging rave tunes by Overmono and ANNA. There’s also not one but two Mall Grab tunes in there because his tunes were all over the place for me. 90 minutes of genre-hopping euphoria awaits you in the 11th edition of the Messy Mix.

Despite that uplifting vibe the past year has been extremely difficult for me on a personal and mental level and you might even hear a bit of that mellowness in the mix but overall it also made me crave for positivity and life-affirming hedonistic euphoria even more, ironically. And you will also hear that in that mix, I guess. Thanks for listening to it and the other Messy Mixes throughout 2023. Thanks to all the artists that contributed so far... it means the world to me. 

The Messy Mix will return in 2024. Until then: Take care of each other.

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Messy Mix 11 | Party At The Abyss - The Big 2023 End-Of-The-Year-Mix

From Balearic beats to euphoric house to something else. Tune in for retro-futuristic feelgood vibrations, bound together by eternal rave spirit. The house of Burnout Sumner is open to all like-minded humans who enjoy soulful and funky vibes as much as I do. ❋

Open to DJ bookings, mixtape production and connecting with fellow disco friends at ► burnout@messcalledmusic.com

I'm also curating https://soundcloud.com/messymix

Telling stories through sound and music. This is an onging mixtape project - from music lovers for music lovers, curated by https://soundcloud.com/burnout-sumner along with friends and admired artists. ♥

Meant as an alternative to the fast-paced, algorithm-driven age of playlists this is an in-depth journey into hand-picked music and sound-driven storytelling. ♫